[Tony]

To Zone 6

I am an existing Tige customer. This is my second Tige boat in 2 years

I will say that whether spending £5,000 or £50,000 I would check out thoroughly the product. EG test driving car.

I checked out Mastercraft UK, T V Ski and Midland Marine. If you want to pay top dollar for a Mastercraft and keep their highly polished marble floor in the showroom in fine condition, AND ensure that your service bills are in excess of £500 for an oil change and new plugs then buy a mastercraft. But check out there annual returns to ensure they have made sufficent profit to provide your backup for the next 5 years. What happens if you experience major engine failure. Parts can only be purchased from Mastercraft UK and no where else.

Nautique make a good wakeboard boat, but the build quality and finish is nothing compared to the Tige. I was not impressed with their approach or customer focus. A club member at our club had a faulty LPG conversion. It took TV ski almost 3 months to drive from datchett to the midlands to effect a repair. Not that good if you run a ski school.

Anyone serious about spending this kind of money on a boat especially where robustness, reliability and after sales back-up is of paramount importance would have contacted the dealer and organised to visit Tige Boats in Nottingham to view the boats, workshops and back-up facilities - Not just turn up to a coastal demo which gives no comparison for a lake based ski school.

I hope for your members sake, some of whom may be champions of the future, before you purchase a nautique you evaluate all ski / wakeboard boats available in the UK